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Melanoma developed during pregnancy - A case report
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2014-01-01Registro en:
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, v. 89, n. 1, p. 157-159, 2014.
0365-0596
S0365-05962014000100157.pdf
S0365-05962014000100157
10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132359
Autor
Mestnik, Natalia Cammarosano
Afonso, Joao Paulo Junqueira Magalhaes
Enokihara, Milvia Maria Simoes E Silva
Enokihara, Mauro Yoshiaki
Porro, Adriana Maria [UNIFESP]
Hirata, Sergio Henrique [UNIFESP]
Institución
Resumen
We describe a case of plantar interdigital cutaneous melanoma in a 22-year-old woman who reported changes in a pigmented lesion during pregnancy. Diagnosis was late and evolution unfavourable. The purpose of this report is to draw the attention of dermatologists to the need for careful regular examination of melanocytic lesions in pregnant women, not ignoring possible changes as always physiological.